“No one is unhappy, we all are together. We are celebrating because our government is coming to power. I never said that I’m an aspirant of Karnataka Chief Minister post. All is well,” says Congress leader DK Shivakumar

Sitaram Yechury, Sharad Pawar and Akhilesh Yadav arrive in Bengaluru to take part in the oath-taking ceremony

“All the promises made in the manifesto will be implemented. Safeguarding the interest of the farming community is our top priority,” says Karnataka CM designate HD Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru:A galaxy of opposition leaders and political heavyweights have descended on Bengaluru today for the swearing in ceremony of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy, a development that could plant a seed for a broad-based anti-BJP platform before the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Amid those from the anti-BJP plank attending the ceremony are regional rivals like Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Chandrababu Naidu and others. Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was in a belligerent mood as she landed in Bengaluru